ABC’s head of entertainment found the death of McDreamy (Patrick Dempsey) on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ last year, well, entertaining.

BEVERLY HILLS - ABC's president loved the way "Grey's Anatomy" killed off McDreamy.

So there.

Paul Lee, president of ABC Entertainment, told TV writers Tuesday that "it was great, wasn't it?" how Patrick Dempsey's long-running character was written out of the series this past season.

"To have 'Grey's' be so relevant, be the subject of a national conversation in its 11th season," he said, "was wonderful."

He also said the death of Dempsey's Dr. Derek Shepherd will position "Grey's" to "reset itself again next season."

Lee spoke enthusiastically about ABC's position in the broadcast world today, pointing particularly to the Thursday night lineup of Shonda Rhimes shows: "Grey's," "Scandal" and "How To Get Away With Murder."

He said that with delayed and alternate-platform viewing factored in, the ABC lineup had a larger audience than CBS's "Thursday Night Football."

He also touted the success of two rookie sitcoms, "Black-ish" and "Fresh Off the Boat," which feature a black and an Asian-American cast.

"Our mission is to look like the people who watch us," he said, echoing comments he has made for several years.

President of ABC Entertainment Paul Lee

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He called both those shows "big swings," and said the same will be true for "Wicked City" and "Kings and Prophets," the second of which has been pulled from its original place on the fall schedule.

"We wanted to be sure we got it right," he said.

The pilot episode of "Wicked City" hasn't been released yet, but a five-minute trailer shows star Ed Westwick, from "Gossip Girl," seeming to murder a woman he has lured into his car for sex.

Lee said the suggestion Westwick plays a serial killer may be slightly misleading.

"You'll find it's a 'Bonnie & Clyde' kind of story," he said. "You will end up rooting for these characters, at same time you're repelled by them."

Elsewhere, Lee called "American Crime," which was renewed despite modest ratings, "the best television miniseries of the year."

It returns next season with most of the same cast, including Timothy Hutton and Felicity Huffman, in a different story. It will be set in a private school and explore the idea of private vs. public education.

Lee said no decision has been made on the future of "Rookie Blue," though he said it has "done well" for the network.